Football

ARVADA — Big Black is back.

Head coach Scott Przymus has the Steamboat Springs football team cooking up a hot, 3-0, start in his first year as head coach. The Sailors, coming off of a 40-0 victory over Middle Park, are learning from the former long-tenured chef, who is bringing his experience from the kitchen to the field.

In the wake of the tragic loss of Jesse Hamrick, a Steamboat Springs graduate who passed away this summer, the community continues to stand united as they get through everything together.

The weekly top-10 Football rankings, captured as a snapshot from the CHSAA Seeding Index as of Sept. 8.

LAKEWOOD — There was a moment of silence at Jeffco Stadium before kickoff for Lindsey Duran — wife of Dakota Ridge’s defensive coordinator Tierre Duran — who passed away early this week after a 9-month battle.

Cheyenne Wells is in the midst of a remarkable multi-year run under head coach Myles Smith. The Tigers climbed all the way to the state championship game a season ago, and two years before that, brought home the school’s first-ever football state championship.

LITTLETON — On Friday night at Jeffco Stadium, Brock Narva looked like the dual-threat running back that posted 848 yards rushing and 593 yards receiving two years ago.

LAKEWOOD — The ‘Return of Tom Thenell’ script couldn’t have been written any better for Bear Creek football Thursday night.

Back in December, Mancos won the Colorado High School Activities Association’s 8-Man Football State Championship. That victory marked the school’s first-ever football state championship, its first state championship of any kind in a quarter-century, and just its second state championship of any kind, period. What comes next?

ARVADA — Arvada West junior Adrian Symalla put the icing on the cake in the Wildcats’ football opener Friday night at the North Area Athletic Complex.

To celebrate the start of the fall sports and activities season, the Colorado High School Activities Association is publishing its preseason poll for football as well as its other fall team sports and activities. Below you can find the preseason polls for football.